Apparatus and method for providing messaging services

• US 9,635,184 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2016
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Karnalkar, Anup D., Wallis, R. Tyler, Robbins, William S., Dudley, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Anwah, Olisa
• Application Number:
  US15/139,692
• Publication Number:
  US 20160248913A1
• Time in Patent Office: 363 Days
• Field of Search: 379 671, 379 68, 379 8809, 379 8812, 379 8811, 379 8822, 379 8823, 379 8825
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/253 where a visual mode is used instead of a voice mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/08 home cordless telephone systems using the DECT standard
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2218 Call detail recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53333 Message receiving aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail device having a controller to detect a recording of a voicemail message, generate a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, wherein the SIP message contains visual voicemail data associated with the recorded voicemail message, and transmit the SIP message to a cordless phone system, wherein the SIP message is received by the cordless phone system over a data port of the cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system comprises a base station and at least one cordless communications device, wherein the visual voicemail data is retrieved by the base station, and wherein the visual voicemail data is transmitted by the based station to the at least one cordless communications device by utilizing a cordless wireless access protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

transmitting a session initiation protocol message in response to a triggering event, the session initiation protocol message including status information associated with a voicemail message to a cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system retrieves the status information from the session initiation protocol message for presentation at a display;

receiving a request for the voicemail message from the cordless phone system, the request comprising a uniform resource identifier associated with the voicemail message;

transcoding the voicemail message to generate a transcoded voicemail message including a format compatible with the cordless phone system; and

transmitting the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment, and wherein the operations further comprise generating the session initiation protocol message responsive to detecting a recording of the voicemail message.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the triggering event is detecting recording of the voicemail message.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the session initiation protocol message further includes visual voicemail data.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the cordless phone system communicates using a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications protocol.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the voicemail message includes an audible recording of a caller.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the transcoded voicemail message is transmitted to the cordless phone system as a stream.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the status information includes a caller identification number, a recording time of the voicemail message, an identity of a caller of the voicemail message, a duration time for the voicemail message, or any combination thereof.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the voicemail message is transcoded from a G.711 format to a G.726 format.

10. A method, comprising:

generating, by a system comprising a processor, a session initiation protocol message including status information associated with a voicemail message;

transmitting, by the system, the session initiation protocol message to a cordless phone system in response to a triggering event;

receiving, by the system, a request for the voicemail message from the cordless phone system, the request comprising a uniform resource identifier associated with the voicemail message;

transcoding, by the system, the voicemail message to generate a transcoded voicemail message comprising a format compatible with the cordless phone system; and

transmitting, by the system, the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment, wherein the cordless phone system retrieves the status information from the session initiation protocol message for presentation at a display.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the generating of the session initiation protocol message is responsive to detecting the triggering event, the triggering event comprising recording of the voicemail message.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the session initiation protocol message further includes visual voicemail data.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the cordless phone system communicates using a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications protocol.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the transcoded voicemail message is transmitted to the cordless phone system as a stream.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the status information includes a caller identification number, a recording time of the voicemail message, an identity of a caller of the voicemail message, a duration time for the voicemail message, or any combination thereof.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

detecting a triggering event;

transmitting a session initiation protocol message to a cordless phone system responsive to the detecting the triggering event, wherein the session initiation protocol message includes status information associated with a voicemail message;

receiving a request for the voicemail message from the cordless phone system, the request comprising a uniform resource identifier associated with the voicemail message;

transcoding the voicemail message to generate a transcoded voicemail message including a format compatible with the cordless phone system; and

transmitting the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed processing environment.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise generating the session initiation protocol message responsive to the detecting the triggering event, wherein the triggering event comprises detecting recording of the voicemail message.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the cordless phone system communicates using a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications protocol.